Large metallic green-gold flying beetle, what is it?
The beetle looks like pictures of the Japanese beetle but it is about the size of my thumb. When it flies it hovers like a hummingbird (sort of). IN the immediate vicinity, I have a green ash, mugwort, lambsquarter and roses growing... Can anyone identify
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"Emerald Euphoria", Euphoria fulgida,
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